LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Russia has rejected a Ukraine war peace deal proposed by Donald Trump, the US president, because it does not grant international recognition to territory seized by Moscow’s troops. Sergey Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, also suggested the plan did not satisfy the Kremlin’s demands to oust Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, and…
A major power outage hit Spain and Portugal on Monday afternoon, abruptly shutting down daily activities, halting trains and subways, cutting off traffic lights, closing stores and canceling or delaying some flights. The cause of the blackout, which stranded tens of millions of people across the Iberian Peninsula, was still unknown by Tuesday morning, though…
LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Nigeria has ranked third on the list of African countries with the highest number of deportations from the United States (U.S) between 2020 and 2025, according to data from The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). A total of 437 Nigerian nationals were removed from the U.S. during this period, with…
LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man suspected of killing a Russian general with a car bomb pleaded guilty to terrorism charges and said he was paid by the Ukrainian Security Service, Russian authorities said Sunday. The Investigative Committee said Ignat Kuzin admitted he was paid to kill Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik, a deputy head of…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In St Peter’s Square, 250,000 mourners attended the funeral of Pope Francis to pay their final respects. The powerful and the marginalised were brought together to say a final farewell to a man who “touched minds and hearts” and wanted to “build bridges, not walls”, as Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re said of…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Collor de Mello, Brazil’s first democratically elected president after a decades-long dictatorship, resigned in 1992 after Congress launched impeachment proceedings against him for allegedly taking bribes. His arrest stems from a conviction over bribes taken two decades later while a senator, part of the sprawling “Car Wash” corruption scandal. The 75-year-old was…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 14 people have been killed and 750 injured in a massive explosion at one of Iran’s key ports, authorities say. The blast took place at Shahid Rajaee, the country’s largest commercial port, near the southern city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday morning. It blew out windows and roofs of nearby…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Six police officers have been killed in Thailand after their plane crashed into the sea during a test flight for parachute training, police have said. The small plane was seen crashing into the water at around 08:00 local time (01:00 GMT) on Friday in the Cha-am district, a coastal resort area some…